The second day of the Ashes is well and truly underway as fans gather for another sunny day of test match cricket. While fans will be arriving closer to midday to take their seats, the Stewards of Trent Bridge have been setting up by the gates and stands since the early hours of this morning. But how has the first day gone for the Stewards? and how have they reacted to Billy the Trumpeter? Deputy Safety Officer and Head Steward, George Thorpe tells us more.
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Podcast: Liz Wilkinson
As a long time member Liz Wilkinson knows the Trent Bridge atmosphere better than most and she is as excited as anybody to welcome the Australians to Nottingham for the first time in eight years in the opening Test of this summers Ashes series. However, Liz told us she expects her local Notts favourites to enjoy themselves rather more than their Australian counterparts.
Podcast: AB Locke
With this year’s National Armed Forces Day due to be hosted by Nottingham tomorrow, Outlaw’s fans at the first Twenty20 match of the summer were joined in the stands by local armed forces personnel invited to the match by Nottinghamshire CCC. We caught up with one of the men in uniform, Able Seaman Locke from HMS Sherwood. AB Locke told us why Trent Bridge is special to him and gave some fighting talk to the visiting Australians this summer.